Wed 15th Oct

We all pretend we don’t have them but when we think about it in our lives, the reality is we all have adversaries. 

We have plenty people in our circle who wish us the best, but there will always be a couple or a few people who don’t want the best for us, they may even work against us and it’s often done silently.

They will often want us to fail, to not succeed, to not be very fit and healthy, to not be getting faster, so well balanced or they may even wish we quit the gym altogether (I can assure you this has happened to many people with us).

Next time you are trying to think of a way you can put off your gym visits, imagine your adversary quietly laughing and pleased about it, because you will be moving further away from success, they will LOVE that.

Next time you are thinking of quitting healthy food and getting a load of junk in the house, imagine your adversary lapping that up, being thrilled you have given up on your health.

Next time you are thinking about “settling for mediocrity in life”, not doing your best anymore, not taking care of your life, can’t you just see your adversary thinking they have WON and they have finally “moved ahead of you in life”.

Adversaries are not always bad, they can be GOOD because they make us re-focus, make us work much harder and make us keep our standards very high indeed..

Your best practices

Not happy with where you are at?

Show me your daily practices, the way you eat, how often you train, the intensity at which you train, how consistent are you, how often do you have a drink, how’s your sleep?

If you aren’t happy, then chances are you could make major improvements on each of those questions.

Being honest is the first step, eating real food every meal is a great start, making the gym 3 times a week is a great start, getting to bed earlier is like medicine, you will wake up with much more energy and in general your state of wellbeing will be very high.Your daily habits either make you or break you.

Eating pre prepared food DISADVANTAGES

if you are relying on  mostly pre prepared meals to make you feel better and perform at a high level, they will not work long term for you despite you having very good intentions and them marketing themselves as healthy. 

If it seems too god to be true such as offering too good to be true healthy cheesecakes, too good to be ready meals with low calories then it usually is.

I would try getting back to basics, porridge for breakfast, jacket potato and things like beans tuna with some greens with it too (spinach etc), and then evening meal be made from scratch, some wholegrain pasta again with a protein source like fish, chicken, turkey etc with more vegetables, keeping your plate as colourful as possible in terms of veg is always a great idea, drink more water and all of this will complement heavily to a great results, as you are working hard at the gym.

Buying in pre prepared foods usually means eating foods that are loaded with chemicals and too much salt, as salt is a natural preservative designed to keep the food edible for an extended period of time.

When you make for from scratch, you know exactly what is going into it.

When you eat from scratch, watch the difference in your workouts compared to the pre prepared foods, there will be a NIGHT AND DAY difference to your energy and performance level overall.